Compression stockings for venous insufficiency

Hello, a short video on compression hosiery or support stockings. These can be worn full length up to the thigh or they can be just below the knee. They're graduated in terms of the compression. The compression is greatest in the foot and the ankle area and it reduces as you go up the leg. helps with maintaining the blood flow back towards the heart. Grade 2 are between 20 and 30 mm of mercury pressure and they do provide good support but you can go higher. The benefit is essentially only when you're wearing the stockings.